tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433515488823955689.post6929709266890369528..comments2023-12-21T14:45:09.256-08:00Comments on jackie simmonds artyfacts: Sketching - for fun and with a purposejackie simmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15725622291154212026noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433515488823955689.post-56225185983498671402012-03-29T13:20:15.672-07:002012-03-29T13:20:15.672-07:00While watching TV. Thank you, Jackie.While watching TV. Thank you, Jackie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433515488823955689.post-75300549486991521452011-09-25T12:48:09.667-07:002011-09-25T12:48:09.667-07:00thanks everyone for your comments, I hope to live ...thanks everyone for your comments, I hope to live up to expectations! Will do my best anyway.<br />Ida......yes, I do make a note of where feet are when drawing something like this; I dont just look at the "edges" of any object to draw around it, I try to throw mental plumblines down the body to get correct placement of things in relation to other parts, if that makes sense.<br />OK - subject of a blog post, thanks!jackie simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725622291154212026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433515488823955689.post-39187885206086510792011-09-25T12:30:00.142-07:002011-09-25T12:30:00.142-07:00LOL What is it about the first page of a sketchboo...LOL What is it about the first page of a sketchbook??? I always want some smashing drawing there, to prove I can do it, I guess. I want people who open the book to be intrigued and blown away at the quality of what I've drawn. It's my vanity... so now I think in my next new sketchbook I'm going to put a note on page one advising the viewer to turn to the last completed page first! With a BIG ARROW------->Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576820565521582322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433515488823955689.post-40464722254052269662011-09-25T10:41:21.996-07:002011-09-25T10:41:21.996-07:00I do sketchbooks! And they are so fun, I do need...I do sketchbooks! And they are so fun, I do need to work harder, and always have that thought! Can't wait for more from you. Your cmael looks wonderful, so squared-up in the hindquarters, soldid, and real. Did you sketch a box lightly for feet placement first?Ida M. Glazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168162507681364472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433515488823955689.post-60211396580420866642011-09-24T15:33:52.596-07:002011-09-24T15:33:52.596-07:00For the longest time, I would draw carefully and w...For the longest time, I would draw carefully and work over every one of my sketches. I bought sketchbooks and only used the first few pages. I developed everything to a finished drawing. I envied artists who had good sketchbooks where every page was full of images far better than I could draw.<br /><br />The hardest time is when your sketches look like crud. If there's only one or two good drawings in a sketchbook, it's hard to motivate yourself. Keep it up and it starts getting good. <br /><br />My current sketchbooks are just as good as those I admired. I love yours, it's gorgeous. Now if I teach someone, I like to dig out some of my earlier ones to show them that yes, theirs will improve if they keep filling them.<br /><br />You're so right. The last drawing in any sketchbook is always so much better than the first! Date everything!robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.com